Subj : New Diablo 4 patch notes make Barbarians worse at yelling
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Jun 05 2023 10:30:03

New Diablo 4 patch notes make Barbarians worse at yelling

Date:
Mon, 05 Jun 2023 09:10:14 +0000

Description:
The latest Diablo 4 patch notes offer tweaks, nerfs and buffs across the 
board for Blizzards new action RPG.

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The latest Diablo 4 patch notes have landed, offering a raft of changes to 
the game ahead of its full release on June 6. 

As with any action RPG, in Diablo 4 , the numbers do the talking. As much as 
the games distinctive art style draws you in, players tend to stay for the 
character customization and build options. 

This latest update, 1.0.2d released on June 3 and, judging from the Diablo 4 
patch notes themselves, hasnt brought about many drastic changes to the 
makeup of the games various classes. Rather, the latest patch seems intent on 
fine-tuning skills and abilities, rather than offering a radical departure 
from what early-access players are used to. 

Barbarians received the least number of changes, seeing the effectiveness of 
Challenging Shouts damage reduction reduced as well as several tweaks to the 
class Legendary Aspects (special passive bonuses that can be added to 
powerful gear). 

Necromancers, on the other hand, received more fine-tuning. In addition to 
buffs to their basic damage abilities, their minions are enjoying stat 
increases across the board. Golems, in particular, are getting a welcome buff 
as is the humble Skeleton Warrior. 

In a blog post , Blizzard outlined the thinking behind the changes: Overall, 
we're quite happy with the performance of our Classes, but we know there is 
always room for improvement. Our goal behind these changes is to create a 
better balanced and enjoyable experience across the board. 

The new Diablo 4 patch also aims at nerfing certain class synergies. The 
developers made it clear that certain builds were outside of our bounds for 
what is reasonable for the health of the game. As an example, we generally 
want to avoid creating situations where players can survive unreasonably high 
amounts of damage for long periods of time because it too greatly warps our 
vision for how combat should be in Diablo 4. 

These sorts of tweaks go a long way towards improving the games pacing and 
feel, helping players to get the most out of Diablo 4 s disruptive open-world 
design as well as the games multiplayer synergies .



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https://www.techradar.com/news/new-diablo-4-patch-notes-make-barbarians-worse-
at-yelling


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